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Budget committee receives six‑month status report, files hearing after Controller flags FEMA and state revenue risks
Summary
The Budget and Appropriation Committee heard a six‑month fiscal status update from the Controller’s Office showing about a $35 million current‑year improvement; staff warned of risks from FEMA reimbursement guidance and a proposed state change to ERAF allocations. The committee voted 5–0 to file the hearing.
San Francisco’s Budget and Appropriation Committee on (date not specified in record) received a six‑month budget status report from the Controller’s Office and voted unanimously to file the hearing.
Michelle Alersma of the Controller’s Office told the committee the office is "projecting an improvement in the current year ending balance of about $35,000,000," which reduces the previously projected shortfall for the budget period (the transcript did not provide a clear consolidated shortfall figure). She said that additional weaknesses in citywide revenues—about $36,000,000 in projected property tax refunds tied to assessment appeals and roughly $48,000,000 in business tax weakness from litigation and prior‑year refunds—are partially offset by departmental improvements and stronger revenues at the Department of Public Health.
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